What the return of pajamas says about today's men

Before, men slept naked.

This is what Marc-Alain Descamps noted in 1979 in

Psychosociologie de la mode

, the first work on the subject (Éd. PUF).

“

The nightgown has practically disappeared, the loose pajamas are in decline,

writes the sociologist.

It should be noted that, according to the Kinsey report, in 1947, 40% of Americans said they were completely naked at night to sleep.

Since then, this figure has increased further and now, in France, half of the French sleep naked.

The disappearance of the shame of her body and the heating of the apartments mean that a good number of young couples, even with children, live naked in their apartment, as often as possible

. "

Today, is the desire to slip under the sheets in the simplest device still alive?

Driven by confinement and the need to stay at home, the sale of pajamas (and nightgowns!) For men is on the rise.

But why, when the interiors are well heated,

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